Today's topic was radicals. Radicals help us understand the meanings of and origins Chinese characters.
This lesson was used for periods 1-3. Students had to identify the radicals in texts as well as match characters with the correct radical group.
Students (in groups) were asked to speculate about the origins of Chinese characters in relation with radicals. For example ( the tin man is missing a 心 "heart" so his life carries no 意思 "meaning" noticing that the radicals on the bottom of the characters are the heart radical, good job group one)
Radicals used:
grass
tree
metal
hand
heart
mouth
water
meat
people
soil
animal
speaking
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